electronic :: songs :: try all you want

(sumner and marr)

it’s a perfect situation
i’m trying hard to understand
you make my life a celebration
and then you never let me down

if you want to go, i just can’t say no
if you want to go, i just can’t say no

you got me hanging on a string
i find it hard to turn the other cheek
you know it doesn’t mean a thing
i could be through with you within a week

it’s a perfect situation
i’m trying hard to understand
is it still infatuation
between a woman and a man?

there never was a minute on my own
i never felt i needed anyone
it’s a perfect situation
i can’t hope to understand

if you want to go, i just can’t say no
if you want to go, i just can’t say no
if you want to go, i just can’t say no
if you want to go, i just can’t say no

if you want to go, i just can’t say no
if you want to go, i just can’t say no
if you want to go, i just can’t say no

album version—5:36

electronic
electronic+disappointed
electronic (remaster)

the contradicting words of this melodically irresistible song bridge the suppressed anxiety in get the message and some distant memory on the first electronic lp, but some extended synth patterns add colour to what is otherwise a strictly disciplined album. it’s a great song about a man coming to terms with commitment and monogamy, propelled by a percussive momentum that was really opened up when played live as an instrumental at dodger stadium and the haçienda. it is one of the most subtly textured songs on the orange album, along with reality and the patience of a saint.